Part One: FACT’s 2023 Springboard for International Tax and Tax Transparency Reforms
2023 promises to be a very busy year for FACT as we continue to push for international tax reform to fight tax dodging by large multinationals.
European Union Paves the Way on Global Corporate Minimum Tax
Following an EU political agreement to implement a 15 percent global minimum corporate tax, the FACT Coalition calls on Congress to move swiftly to adopt international tax reforms in line with the OECD’s Pillar 2.
Law360: Global Tax Deal Leaves Little Room For Revisions
The design of the OECD’s global tax overhaul may overlook the fact that smaller countries may not have the capacity to administer the complex regime, according to Ryan Gurule of the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency Coalition.
Climate and Tax Activists Should Join Hands to Equitably Raise Government Revenue to Fight the Climate Crisis
This is a prime opportunity for climate and tax activists to work together at the domestic and international level to further tax reform to equitably raise funds for domestic and global climate investments, to reduce incentives for pollution offshoring, and to support emission reductions around the world.
Global Tax Deal Advances, but Questions Persist
A two-pillar framework agreed to by the OECD for taxing large multinational corporations represents a paradigm shift in the way that these companies are taxed—allocating the right to tax certain excess profits of very large companies to “market” jurisdictions and creating a global minimum corporate tax— but concerns about the long-term political viability of the proposal merit consideration.
Tremendous Opportunities and Legitimate Concerns
The OECD two-pillar approach represents a historic opportunity to address global challenges. Serious equity concerns persist around the process and the current framework, though. Without an equitable final framework, it is hard to imagine that any agreement will be sustainable, as per G-24 warnings.